Speaker 1: Well. Jack Peterson said earlier this week when he played here,
Speaker 1: he knew there were two games each season he had
Speaker 1: to win the Cowboys games, and after tonight he is
Speaker 1: well on his way to accomplishing that this season, and
Speaker 1: it comes with first place in the NFC East for
Speaker 1: the Eagles heading into a buy it's got to feel good.
Speaker 1: We are here to break it down for you on
Speaker 1: the postgame show presented by Rico, Amy Campbell, fran Duffy,
Speaker 1: Ike Reese. The final score at twenty three to nine
Speaker 1: on Sunday Night Football. Brandon will start with you. Not
Speaker 1: the prettiest win we've ever seen from this team, but
Speaker 1: a win over Arrival in prime time. Plenty to fix
Speaker 1: right on both sides of the ball, Plenty that they're
Speaker 1: gonna have to work on over the extra week of rest,
Speaker 1: and thinks that they're gonna get try and get corrected,
Speaker 1: you know, as guys get healthy. There were a couple
Speaker 1: more injuries tonight that I'm sure we'll be hearing about
Speaker 1: over the next couple of days. But look, this is
Speaker 1: a team that continues to try and find ways to win.
Speaker 1: You know that they built their first win streak now
Speaker 1: of the twenty twenty season, beating New York last week,
Speaker 1: finding a way to come out with a win tonight.
Speaker 1: Either game was perfect, but there's no such thing, ike
Speaker 1: we'd say all the time, no such thing as an
Speaker 1: ugly win in the NFL. These ws are hard to
Speaker 1: come by. Yeah, I got the Eagles at halftime, are
Speaker 1: trailing seven to nine. They end up not allowing the
Speaker 1: Cowboys to score in the second half, shutting them out
Speaker 1: in the second half, and taking the twenty three to
Speaker 1: nine victory with some big contributions from the defense as well. Yeah,
Speaker 1: much needed contributions from the defense tonight. The offense struggle
Speaker 1: to find its rhythm and get anything going consistently, and
Speaker 1: you know, the defense needed to step up and play
Speaker 1: big tonight. They needed to get some turnovers and they
Speaker 1: were able to do that and even scored a touchdown
Speaker 1: tonight to really help put this game away for the Eagles.
Speaker 1: Like France said, you know, it wasn't pretty, but a
Speaker 1: win is a win, a lot to steal work on
Speaker 1: over the next couple weeks before they get back here
Speaker 1: and played the Giants in a couple of weeks. But
Speaker 1: you know, it's one of those games where you feel
Speaker 1: good about getting the w But as as a player,
Speaker 1: you know you didn't necessarily play at your best to night,
Speaker 1: especially on the offensive side of the ball. I want
Speaker 1: to talk about. Yes, we'll continue to break it all down,
Speaker 1: but I think to me, the biggest thing that stands
Speaker 1: out about this game was just the defense continuing to
Speaker 1: bail out the offense. The Eagles turn it over four times.
Speaker 1: The Cowboys got three points off of those turnovers, and
Speaker 1: of course we saw that defensive touchdown, that strip sack
Speaker 1: by t. J. Edwards, the return for the touchdown by
Speaker 1: Rodney McCleod, and then also the Brandon Graham strip sack
Speaker 1: at the seven yard line. The TJ. Edwards won at
Speaker 1: the twenty one yard line. So just continuing to when
Speaker 1: Dallas was about to put points on the board to
Speaker 1: make it go the other way, whether that's giving them
Speaker 1: zero points or of course with the McCloud that's a
Speaker 1: fourteen point swing right there. So just continue that. To me,
Speaker 1: is is the story of this game. Brand Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think really the big thing right now offensively, not only
Speaker 1: are these turnovers, I mean they're they're tough to swallow,
Speaker 1: but too often the turnovers are happening in their own
Speaker 1: end of the field. So the NFL are the Eagles
Speaker 1: right now lead the NFL by a wide margin unless
Speaker 1: something unless I missed something from one of the earlier
Speaker 1: games today with turnovers where the opponent starts in Eagles territory,
Speaker 1: and that's just I mean, that's that's really tough to
Speaker 1: swallow if you're at the Eagles defense, because you're in
Speaker 1: a very tough spot. Tonight they were able to overcome that,
Speaker 1: which is good. Over the course of the season. That
Speaker 1: has not been the case for much of the year.
Speaker 1: So I think really when you look at these turnovers,
Speaker 1: they're they're happening in really difficult places where you're either
Speaker 1: backed up in your own territory or they're in the
Speaker 1: end zone where you're taking points off the board, which
Speaker 1: is almost equally as bad. So the turnovers, they they've
Speaker 1: got to find a way to cut those down well.
Speaker 1: And against the Dallas team that I believe only had
Speaker 1: three takeaways coming into tonight, they add now more than
Speaker 1: they more than double that with the Eagles four giveaways
Speaker 1: as well. All right, let's go back over to Lincoln
Speaker 1: Financial Field to Dave Spidero. Dave, the Eagles get the
Speaker 1: win Sunday Night Football over their biggest rival for first place,
Speaker 1: but not the cleanest game. What's your initial impressions about
Speaker 1: this win. My initial impression is, I wonder how many
Speaker 1: times people throw up in their mouth through the whole
Speaker 1: is higher game here. That was really difficult to digest.
Speaker 1: But I do want to point out some really good
Speaker 1: things about this Eagles team in the game. Okay, so
Speaker 1: Michael Jacquette is out there playing cornerback with Darius Slay
Speaker 1: on the sidelines. Eagles limited Amari Cooper to one catch,
Speaker 1: I think five targets total non factor. And I know
Speaker 1: Benda Nuci's the quarterback. But the Cowboys came in with
Speaker 1: they had to be creative. They went with their direct snaps,
Speaker 1: the wildcat look, they did the double reverses. They tried
Speaker 1: to get the football out of Nuci's hands quickly. Eagles
Speaker 1: were down to Jacquette, promoted from the practice squad out
Speaker 1: at cornerback for the second half. They had to use backups.
Speaker 1: Ray Kung Williams at defensive tackle took some reps with
Speaker 1: Malik Jackson outs. So there is this sense that this
Speaker 1: defense really overcame smidversity. I gotta tell you I loved
Speaker 1: Jim Schwartz dialing up the blitzes. I thought the timing
Speaker 1: of the blitzes was uneven. But when they got home,
Speaker 1: they made big plays and the defense won this game
Speaker 1: for the Eagles. The offense got a lot to talk about,
Speaker 1: got a lot to improve upon. I don't know what
Speaker 1: in the world Carson Wentz is thinking for most of
Speaker 1: this game with the throws that he was making the
Speaker 1: decisions that he was making. But as we say, you know,
Speaker 1: a win is a win is a win, and this
Speaker 1: bye week comes at a great time. Get everybody back,
Speaker 1: Get to the Giants, get to the Browns. Continue this
Speaker 1: little run here. You don't get style points for it.
Speaker 1: But they never asked you at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: how they just ask you how many? No question, Dave
Speaker 1: You talked about the turnovers there at the end. Have
Speaker 1: you been around a team that has turned the ball
Speaker 1: over like this and found a way to overcome that?
Speaker 1: You know, we're seeing over the first half of the
Speaker 1: year the Eagles have turned the ball over at such
Speaker 1: a high rate. Do you envision the scenario where they
Speaker 1: can't overcome this in the second half? No, no way.
Speaker 1: You know, the turnover ratio is the true barometer of
Speaker 1: success in the NFL that in red zone efficiency, the
Speaker 1: Eagles must against good teams play much closer to error
Speaker 1: free football. But this game reminded me of two thousand
Speaker 1: I believe it was twenty and twelve opener Fran Eagles
Speaker 1: at Cleveland. Michael Vicks, the quarterback Brandon Weedon making his
Speaker 1: first start for the Browns. He threw four interceptions. Vic
Speaker 1: threw four interceptions. Eagles win the game on a Michael
Speaker 1: Vick touchdown pass to Clay Harbor with a minute sixteen
Speaker 1: seconds left, And you kind of go exhale. Feels really
Speaker 1: lousy as it goes down the throat, but at the
Speaker 1: end of the day, when it settles in the stomach,
Speaker 1: you got that w and that's all that matters are
Speaker 1: You're exactly right day and I'm gonna stay on the
Speaker 1: offensive side of the ball. One of mocking stars coming
Speaker 1: into this game is how with Jordan my Lot to
Speaker 1: do over there? Right tackle? Has some struggle in the
Speaker 1: first half a little bit there, but I thought in
Speaker 1: the second half he played pretty well. How do you
Speaker 1: think he did out there to night at right tackle? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think he played pretty well, But I mean, anybody
Speaker 1: who believes that the Eagles are better with Jordan at
Speaker 1: tackle right now instead of Lane or Jason Peters is
Speaker 1: sadly mistaken. And JP was limping to get through this game.
Speaker 1: Eagles try to do anything they can to keep him
Speaker 1: on the field in the second half of the season. Look,
Speaker 1: to me, the story of the offense was too Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz and what's going on in his head when he's
Speaker 1: dropping back and throwing into the end zone into double coverage,
Speaker 1: you know, and holding the football. The decision that he'm
Speaker 1: making the first turnover was just unbelievable, rolling out to
Speaker 1: the left, had an easy throwaway, held it, held it,
Speaker 1: held it got sacked. I mean, this is stuff that
Speaker 1: rookie quarterbacks don't do. That has to stop. That hero
Speaker 1: football has to stop, not just Kurt Tail, it has
Speaker 1: to stop. And then number two, Doug went away from
Speaker 1: the run in the first half, and I just don't
Speaker 1: understand it. I mean, the Eagles were gashing Dallas in
Speaker 1: the run game, and then late in the first half
Speaker 1: as we did here, we saw in the Giants game.
Speaker 1: The offense is stagnated. So a lot of things to answer,
Speaker 1: things to clean up. It's nice to go to the
Speaker 1: bye week with a win. It's nice to have a
Speaker 1: couple of victories against the NFC East. This division is terrible.
Speaker 1: Tonight's football was ugly. I mean, if you're not an
Speaker 1: Eagles fan, I'm not sure you're staying tuned into this game,
Speaker 1: to be honest with it was that difficult to watch.
Speaker 1: But I do give the credit to the defense for
Speaker 1: bailing this Eagles offense out. All right, Dave, going into
Speaker 1: the bye real quick? Where does the team go from here? Well,
Speaker 1: they go into the trainer's room. They get Lane Johnson healthy,
Speaker 1: they get Malik Jackson healthy. We hope that Darius slays Dave.
Speaker 1: I'm so sorry I have to cut you off. Rodney
Speaker 1: McLoud is at the podium. We'll catch up with you later. Hey, Rodney,
Speaker 1: thanks for taking the time. We'll get started here with Dave,
Speaker 1: Zan Garrow and then John McMullin. Hey, rod take us
Speaker 1: through the touchdown? Will happen there? Shoot? Jim called a
Speaker 1: pressure man. I've been called a lot of pressures all night,
Speaker 1: but that was the first time we called that one
Speaker 1: in particular. Just rushed down the middle. Guys did a
Speaker 1: good job. I don't even know who hit him. Ball
Speaker 1: was just scrambling. I really thought we were offsides on
Speaker 1: that play, but the ball was there. I scooped it up.
Speaker 1: I'm running, I honestly thinking man were probably gonna have
Speaker 1: to come back and defend him in the red zone.
Speaker 1: But I looked and I see touchdowns and man, I
Speaker 1: just yeah, it was just just my time, right place,
Speaker 1: right time. John mcmallin and then Rob Moddy, Hey, Rodney,
Speaker 1: sure about that? Um, it looks like over the past
Speaker 1: few weeks you've been lining up a all over a
Speaker 1: little bit more, a little closer to the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 1: He is that a fair assessment? And b it seems
Speaker 1: like it picks up some energy to your game. Would
Speaker 1: you agree with that as well? Yeah, it's good when
Speaker 1: you can, uh, when Jim you know, allows me to
Speaker 1: kind of move all over the place. And tonight, Man,
Speaker 1: the emphasis was putting pressure on the quarterback and that
Speaker 1: in that offense, so everybody kind of had their fair share.
Speaker 1: But yeah, just trying to do whatever it takes to win, man,
Speaker 1: And it felt good to come out with the win tonight.
Speaker 1: It was a good uh team effort and defense. We
Speaker 1: play lights out, robbing than less told me about a
Speaker 1: week or so ago. You don't care how you guys
Speaker 1: win football games, as ugly as they can be, as
Speaker 1: long as you win. Do you guys feel coming out
Speaker 1: of this one like you survived? But this was a
Speaker 1: tough battle on least you're coming out going into the
Speaker 1: buy in first place. Yeah, I felt like we we
Speaker 1: did what we had to do to win. And there's
Speaker 1: gonna be times where you know, the defense carries the team, uh,
Speaker 1: and there's gonna be other times where the offense comes
Speaker 1: up big and bills us out. But I mean every
Speaker 1: phase showed up tonight, Um when they're when we needed
Speaker 1: them the most. Uh. Special teams included uh coming up
Speaker 1: you know with that onside kick, guys running down on kickoff,
Speaker 1: making tackles. Good to have Rudy four back, Uh, and
Speaker 1: then the offense showing up, like I said, when they
Speaker 1: needed so. Uh, We're gonna continue to get better. We
Speaker 1: know we have to. Uh there's a lot of things
Speaker 1: that we need to get fixed. Uh, and we get
Speaker 1: we have a time during this by way to correct
Speaker 1: that and then prepare for for the Giants, another division opponent.
Speaker 1: Last and then Paul Hey Rodney, it looked like the
Speaker 1: ball was there and the on the fumble, the ball
Speaker 1: was kind of then he had it sort of and
Speaker 1: some guys were wrestling with him, and then it sort
Speaker 1: of squirted out towards you. What did you think when
Speaker 1: you saw that? Believe it? Were you surprised? Uh? Surprise?
Speaker 1: It was just secure the bag. Uh. You know what
Speaker 1: I'm saying, Pick it up, make sure you get possession,
Speaker 1: and after that, get to the end zone. Like I said, Man,
Speaker 1: I'm glad. I think it was Duke or TJ. One
Speaker 1: of those guys got back on sides. Uh. And man,
Speaker 1: I appreciate it because we got to touchdown Paul and Daniel. Yeah, Rodney,
Speaker 1: you mentioned the emphasis was on the pressure tonight. Uh.
Speaker 1: Jim doesn't like the blitz a lot, but when he
Speaker 1: when he's when he's had a chance to go after
Speaker 1: rookie quarterbacks or inexperienced quarterbacks. I remember Luke Fock last
Speaker 1: year when you guys played the Jets. Uh, he takes
Speaker 1: advantage of it, doesn't he. Yeah? Correct? Uh, you know
Speaker 1: one of the mix up our looks a lot. Uh.
Speaker 1: Give him some new blitzes that we haven't put on film. Uh,
Speaker 1: And I felt like they were effective. Uh, you know, uh,
Speaker 1: they started picking up on our pressures going on quick count.
Speaker 1: But man, the d line did an amazing job. You know,
Speaker 1: they've been awesome all year. Uh, they continue to apply pressure.
Speaker 1: Uh so I think it's something that we can use
Speaker 1: moving forward. But it was good just to see, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, the pressure be effective. Tonight we have time
Speaker 1: for two more, so we'll go Daniel and then ed
Speaker 1: Krafts throughout me. You were down at the bottom of
Speaker 1: the pile on the onside kick attempt. I was kind
Speaker 1: of going through your mind on that play, with how
Speaker 1: they executed it and what was it like at the
Speaker 1: bottom of the pile. Yeah, it was a great call
Speaker 1: about them. I think a lot of us thought about
Speaker 1: fair catching it, but the ball hunk up in the airs,
Speaker 1: you know, so long, it was hard to really judge
Speaker 1: that ball. But man, it's it's a scrap at the
Speaker 1: bottom of the pile. You know, anything goes and you know,
Speaker 1: it got a little crazy down there, but I ended up,
Speaker 1: you know, winning that battle. I was gonna ask you
Speaker 1: about that, Rodney, how tough was that wrestling match under there?
Speaker 1: I mean, there's a lot of stuff that goes on
Speaker 1: in those piles how did you persevere? Man? Just you
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. I know we need it and
Speaker 1: do whatever it takes, you know. So that's what we
Speaker 1: did and we got the ball. Thanks Rodney. Yep, Okay,
Speaker 1: that's Rodney McCleod. After the Eagles win this evening. McLoud
Speaker 1: of course with the fumble recovery for the touchdown. I
Speaker 1: love that he said, Look, there's gonna be times when
Speaker 1: the defense carries the team. There's gonna be times when
Speaker 1: the offense carries the team. And McLeod of course making
Speaker 1: the big play for the defense tonight. All right, let's
Speaker 1: get back to breaking this thing down, um Ike. Let's
Speaker 1: get into some of the big things that stood out
Speaker 1: to you this evening. Where do you want to start. Well,
Speaker 1: the first reason why the defense had to carry the
Speaker 1: team tonight is because of the offense, in particular the
Speaker 1: quarterback play. You know, Carson Wentz play tonight was just
Speaker 1: sloppy and it made this game tougher than it needed
Speaker 1: to be. You can't have four turnovers, too, bumbles, two interceptions,
Speaker 1: just inexcusable play at the quarterback position and night and
Speaker 1: Carson wins has come too far along in his career
Speaker 1: and now seen him play at MDP heights to have
Speaker 1: these types of setbacks in his play and tonight I
Speaker 1: thought it would be a night that he can build
Speaker 1: on what he had done over the past couple of
Speaker 1: weeks and sort of take the next step and trying
Speaker 1: to carry this team and plan at an elite level,
Speaker 1: which I know he has the ability to do. But
Speaker 1: tonight looks like he was trying to force the action,
Speaker 1: force the plays as opposed to allowing them to take
Speaker 1: as nice organic course and allow these things to happen.
Speaker 1: You can't start the game off with the type of
Speaker 1: sack force fumble that he had tonight. It really puts
Speaker 1: your defense in the bond. Thankfully, this defense only gave
Speaker 1: up three points off of those four turnovers. But this
Speaker 1: game was much tougher than it needed to be tonight,
Speaker 1: and there was a large part due to the play
Speaker 1: of Carson Wins. Yeah, Carson. Carson tonight completed fifty five
Speaker 1: percent of his passes fifteen of twenty seven attempts, one
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty three yards, four sacks, two touchdowns, two interceptions,
Speaker 1: and of course the two fumbles as well. Fran Normally
Speaker 1: we are talking about letting the Bronco Buck. What did
Speaker 1: you see from Carson tonight in terms of all of that, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, honestly, the turnovers have to stop, right, I mean,
Speaker 1: I don't think that I can add anything more than
Speaker 1: what Dave said earlier and then what I just said.
Speaker 1: I think that they have got to find ways to
Speaker 1: take better care of the football. So whether that's putting
Speaker 1: him in position to not have to make those kinds
Speaker 1: of throws, especially you know, with the wind being what
Speaker 1: it was, or if he's just got to make better
Speaker 1: decisions when those kinds of plays are called the But
Speaker 1: they just cannot turn the ball over at the rate
Speaker 1: that they have done. We talked about it earlier with Dave.
Speaker 1: I mean, that's not a winning formula. It's not a
Speaker 1: sustainable model for success to be able to turn the
Speaker 1: ball over at the rate that they are and still
Speaker 1: get wins on the scoreboard. So I think to ultimately
Speaker 1: they have got to find a better way to take
Speaker 1: care of the ball. Yeah, of course, getting a boost
Speaker 1: back to this offense with some players who we haven't
Speaker 1: seen in several games, some guys who did really well,
Speaker 1: And yeah, I mean I think we should highlight Boston's
Speaker 1: got a career high for him, seventy yards on the ground,
Speaker 1: the first touchdown of Jalen Rager. We'll see a little
Speaker 1: bit more of that as well tonight. And then Dallas
Speaker 1: Goddard back as well, just one catch for him, but
Speaker 1: also a key part of it as well. So the
Speaker 1: weapons are continuing to grow around Carson. It's a matter
Speaker 1: of making those good decisions and putting those guys in
Speaker 1: a position for success. All right, let's continue. What else
Speaker 1: stood out to you tonight? Well, let's get to the defense,
Speaker 1: Amy and Frand I mean, they were outstanding tonight. You listen,
Speaker 1: You're going up against a third string quarterback and Ben Denucci,
Speaker 1: and I must admit the kid acquitted himself. Well tonight
Speaker 1: looked like a guy who was making his first start.
Speaker 1: But he made some nice plays out there for the
Speaker 1: Cowboys the night. But the defense was pretty much in
Speaker 1: his face all night. Great game plan from Jim Schwartz
Speaker 1: being able to dowal up the pressures, rush, the thought
Speaker 1: process of Ben Denucci, and then they were able to
Speaker 1: get a couple turnovers. Obviously the touchdown was huge, but
Speaker 1: I just thought the fact that the Cowboys had to
Speaker 1: dig deep into their playbook to come up with a
Speaker 1: lot of trickery really just speaks to what this defense
Speaker 1: really was able to do in handcuff whatever the Cowboys
Speaker 1: wanted to do tonight, really forcing Denucci into some third
Speaker 1: and long situations where he had to throw the ball
Speaker 1: and the young guy got rattled, held onto the ball,
Speaker 1: took some untimely sacks, and then obviously that big sack
Speaker 1: late in the game, forced fumble from t J. Edwards
Speaker 1: that Rodney McCleod was able to take back for a touchdown.
Speaker 1: It was just huge. Really. The Cowboys had maybe one
Speaker 1: or two drives when they were able to move the ball,
Speaker 1: but other than the Eagles turning the ball over and
Speaker 1: given the Cowboys good field position, I thought this defense
Speaker 1: was outstanding tonight. Yeah. For in this Cowboys offense was
Speaker 1: getting real creative. I mentioned trying some trickery there, and
Speaker 1: that I think that's very well said. We saw a
Speaker 1: lot of really interesting creative stuff there, not a lot
Speaker 1: of it that was successful against this Eagles defense. What
Speaker 1: did you see from the Cowboys approach to this game
Speaker 1: trying to set the rookie up for success. Well, I
Speaker 1: actually almost want to flip that to Ike because I like,
Speaker 1: I want to ask you, like, if you're a defense,
Speaker 1: you come out and open on the opening drive and
Speaker 1: you see the double reverse, you see the direct snaps
Speaker 1: to Zeke. Does that get you thinking like all right,
Speaker 1: like they're trying to pull out all the stops to
Speaker 1: you know that they know that they can't just line
Speaker 1: up in Winton. Does that like go through your mind
Speaker 1: as a defense, Yeah, it really does, the fact that
Speaker 1: they ran that double reverse on their first series that
Speaker 1: should have raised the antennas of the Eagles defense, And
Speaker 1: I'm sure it did for Jim Schwartz that this wouldn't
Speaker 1: be the first or last play that you would see
Speaker 1: like this tonight, and the Cowboys dug deep into their
Speaker 1: playbook with a lot of different plays. I thought they
Speaker 1: had some wide receiver passes set up that they just
Speaker 1: didn't get a chance to get the throw off. And
Speaker 1: as a defense, once you see that stuff early in
Speaker 1: the game, that gives you confidence because you know the
Speaker 1: offense doesn't have confidence to line up and move the
Speaker 1: ball down the field. And I'm not surprised with Ben
Speaker 1: the Nuci. There's no way he was going to be
Speaker 1: able to just sit back there and throw the ball
Speaker 1: against this Eagles defense, they were gonna have to come
Speaker 1: up with some creative ways to try to move the ball.
Speaker 1: And you knew it would have a lot to do
Speaker 1: with reverses and wide receiver runs because the Eagles have
Speaker 1: struggled on that earlier in the season. So I guess
Speaker 1: the Eagles should have been able to expect some of
Speaker 1: these things. So of course we saw a lot of
Speaker 1: great stuff from this defense tonight. I want to highlight
Speaker 1: t J Edwards. We mentioned it a little bit. He's
Speaker 1: back back from injury. This is his first game back
Speaker 1: in the last few weeks, and he had of course
Speaker 1: that big strip sack as well, but led the team
Speaker 1: in tackles tonight. Combined combined tackles twelve, six of those
Speaker 1: were solo tackles. And especially for a linebacking corps, this
Speaker 1: group held Ezekiel Elliott in check. Ezekiel Elliott was five
Speaker 1: and one against the Eagles coming into this game, averaging
Speaker 1: almost one hundred and fifty yards on the ground against
Speaker 1: this Eagles team, and he was held in check tonight
Speaker 1: sixty three yards, zero touchdowns, nineteen carries as well, So
Speaker 1: a big effort from this defense to hold Ezekiel Elliott
Speaker 1: in check and t J. Edwards a big night from him,
Speaker 1: and I believe we are about to hear from Brandon Graham,
Speaker 1: one of the stars of tonight's win. Let's take a listen, HEYBG,
Speaker 1: thanks for taking the time. We'll get started here with
Speaker 1: Martin Frank and then next Yarro. Hey, Brandon, I guess
Speaker 1: if you can kind of take us through your strip
Speaker 1: sack And you know, at the time, it was obviously
Speaker 1: a pretty big play. What was kind of going through
Speaker 1: your mind and and what happened? I really was just
Speaker 1: thinking about, you know, just trying to make a play. Uh.
Speaker 1: I know that they was they was marching down the
Speaker 1: field a little bit, and you know, we just needed
Speaker 1: to stop, and you know, I ended up getting an opportunity,
Speaker 1: and you know, I'm glad I went for the ball
Speaker 1: and glad we recovered it because you know, that was
Speaker 1: just a kickstart of what we was trying to do
Speaker 1: and get and get going in the game. Nick and
Speaker 1: then Jeff McLean hip, how much pride did you guys
Speaker 1: take and holding them out of the end zone tonight? Oh?
Speaker 1: It felt good. You know it felt good. Uh it
Speaker 1: didn't look pretty. You know, we knew it was gonna
Speaker 1: be a battle, of course, but you know we uh
Speaker 1: we held we held strong when it came down to,
Speaker 1: you know, holding them in the in the red zone.
Speaker 1: And um, you know I'm happy that, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: we stuck together during them during them times. Jeff and
Speaker 1: then Zach Big what was the game plan for going
Speaker 1: up against the ben Ben de Nucci, a guy who
Speaker 1: really pretty much have never played quarterback in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Just just you know, make sure that we stay in
Speaker 1: his face, especially upfront. Uh, and make sure that we uh,
Speaker 1: you know, just play tight coverage. That was the biggest thing.
Speaker 1: And I feelt like, you know, we did those things.
Speaker 1: Uh like I said, wasn't it wasn't pretty, but you
Speaker 1: know that was that was a whole goal is to
Speaker 1: you know, um, make sure we stayed in his face.
Speaker 1: Zach and then Chris Murray, Hey, Brandon win. The offense
Speaker 1: is turning the ball over at the rate they did,
Speaker 1: what does that do for the defense there? And and
Speaker 1: when you have the short fields, do you feel like
Speaker 1: you need to turn the ball over? Uh? You know,
Speaker 1: I'm just to keep points off the board. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: you always thinking about when somebody make a turnover on
Speaker 1: our offense and you know, get a good play or whatever,
Speaker 1: you you're trying to come right back with another good
Speaker 1: play and so, um, you know that's always the mindset
Speaker 1: coming out keeping them out of his zone. Uh and
Speaker 1: then hopefully if you get a turnover, you know, uh,
Speaker 1: stopping from getting any points. So we always try to
Speaker 1: hold them the three when they get in the red
Speaker 1: zone or or flip the field. But you know, a
Speaker 1: turnover is always the number one goal. Hey, BG, can
Speaker 1: you talk about how well the defense has been playing
Speaker 1: over the last couple of weeks, especially in those situations
Speaker 1: where the offense um pates gets a turnover and you
Speaker 1: have to kind of, I guess bail them out or
Speaker 1: basically keep the other team out of the end. Um. Uh.
Speaker 1: You know it's cool because we uh that's what we
Speaker 1: we pride our cell phone, you know, putting an offense
Speaker 1: in a good position despite what happens on the on
Speaker 1: their side. We just worry about what we can control
Speaker 1: and that's us and uh, I think that we do
Speaker 1: a good job of that. Especially um, you know, when
Speaker 1: things happen, it's nobody you know, complaining or you know,
Speaker 1: having that negative talk of man name We just got
Speaker 1: a turnover. You know, everybody's trying to go out there
Speaker 1: and u and get another turn over so that we
Speaker 1: can keep them from getting in the zone or getting
Speaker 1: any points. John and hey BG, Uh, obviously you didn't
Speaker 1: have much to look at when it came the band
Speaker 1: coming into this game. But when he did get in
Speaker 1: against Washington, he kind of put it on the ground
Speaker 1: a couple of times. Did you guys have the feeling
Speaker 1: that if you could get there that was a possibility. Oh? Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, we were just trying to, you know, um
Speaker 1: knock that ball out of his hands. We knew that
Speaker 1: it was gonna be a lot of what they did today.
Speaker 1: They did a lot of you know, reverse run the
Speaker 1: ball downhill runs and you know, misdirection runs. We knew
Speaker 1: that how teams are attacking us, we gotta we gotta
Speaker 1: put those fires out because you know, it's similar. I
Speaker 1: felt like today was similar to the Rams a little bit,
Speaker 1: just on some of the blocking schemes. But we know that, Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, we hail strong when we were supposed to. Uh,
Speaker 1: And it wasn't pretty, but you know, you know how
Speaker 1: these games are as any given Sunday. Thanks BG, Thank you.
Speaker 1: Jalen thanks for taking the time. We'll get started here
Speaker 1: with Marcus Hayes and then Dave's and Garrow. Hey, Jelan,
Speaker 1: how did it feel and uh, how does it look
Speaker 1: going into the bye week for you? From from your perspective,
Speaker 1: I just felt good to be back. A lot of
Speaker 1: work to do, uh, more revs to get and just
Speaker 1: you know, just try to build on this win. Even
Speaker 1: in rob Maddy, you got your first NFL touchdown today?
Speaker 1: What was that like? It was a blessing? Patience is
Speaker 1: key and uh, I believe it's what what's for you?
Speaker 1: What's for you? So it was it was a blessing.
Speaker 1: It was surreal, surreal moment robbing the neck. What did
Speaker 1: you see on that fourth down play towards the end
Speaker 1: where it looked like you almost had it and then
Speaker 1: he made a good play? What you said he made
Speaker 1: a good play? A Jeff Jellan, Uh, how do you
Speaker 1: feel like your your chemistry is with Parson? Obviously you
Speaker 1: guys haven't played for a long stretch of time. Is
Speaker 1: that is that a factor in some of the misthrows?
Speaker 1: Like I said, it is just you know, you know,
Speaker 1: doing better in my part and just making sure we
Speaker 1: get the ribs and practice throughout the week and just
Speaker 1: keep going back to work. Thanks Lan. All Right. That
Speaker 1: is the rookie wide receiver Jillen Rigor after his first
Speaker 1: NFL touchdown performance three catches and one for a two
Speaker 1: point conversion, one for a touchdown tonight against the Cowboys
Speaker 1: after missing while he'd been out since week two. So
Speaker 1: you do the math on that one. Let's now, let's um,
Speaker 1: let's get back to the takeaways. Um Ike, what is
Speaker 1: your third one? Nope, okay, I'm gonna pause on that.
Speaker 1: And head coach Doug Peterson is stepping up to the
Speaker 1: podium now to talk about the win. Hey, coach, thanks
Speaker 1: for taking the time. We'll get started here with Nick
Speaker 1: Fierro and John McMullen. Uh hi, Doug. I had asked
Speaker 1: Jellen this, if you you've kind of figured that ways
Speaker 1: to win here without putting together this, you know, a
Speaker 1: complete game, at least offensively. Um, do you think you
Speaker 1: can keep winning that way? Or you're gonna have to
Speaker 1: figure it out and start, you know, getting this thing
Speaker 1: rolling a little bit better than the second half of
Speaker 1: the season. Um. Yeah, we're gonna have to figure some
Speaker 1: things out. Obviously, We're we're happy and excited with to
Speaker 1: win and uh and all of that, you know, but uh, yeah,
Speaker 1: we've got some things we got to figure out here. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, in the next week, Johnaman Martin, Hey, Doug,
Speaker 1: Obviously it's a positive to go into the boy on
Speaker 1: a winning note from your perspective as an offensive play caller.
Speaker 1: When you see that many turnovers, Uh what is it?
Speaker 1: What does it do to you? And in this situation,
Speaker 1: even though you have that positive it will win, but
Speaker 1: you have those teaching moments, so to speak. Well, listen, Um,
Speaker 1: we we we understand, and we can't turn the ball over.
Speaker 1: You know, bottom line, we can't turn the ball. We're
Speaker 1: too good, we were we got too much responsibility, you know,
Speaker 1: for everybody, me included. Um that Uh, you know, we
Speaker 1: just got to take ownership of it. And we can't.
Speaker 1: We can't do the things we're we're doing in order
Speaker 1: to you know, really survive in this league. And um,
Speaker 1: we've got to get better. We've got to we've got
Speaker 1: to fix it. We got to fix it in a hurry.
Speaker 1: We get a chance to sit back and look at,
Speaker 1: you know, the first eight games and evaluate and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, try to try to come away with some wise,
Speaker 1: but we just can't keep turning the ball over and
Speaker 1: shooting ourselves in the foot. Things we got to clean
Speaker 1: up in the second half of the season Martin and
Speaker 1: then Chris Franklin, Hey, Doug, defensively, I mean t J.
Speaker 1: Edwards came up pretty big. You've got some obviously a
Speaker 1: lot of big turnovers and sacks and everything. Like, how
Speaker 1: how much did the defense kind of have to help
Speaker 1: you out, you guys out, you know, in order to
Speaker 1: pull us out tonight. Yeah, my hats off for the defense.
Speaker 1: They played extremely well, you know, held them to nine
Speaker 1: points three field goals, and um, you know just really
Speaker 1: uh did did an outstanding job, you know, scored on defense, Uh,
Speaker 1: played played tough, got after the quarterback. Really, um a
Speaker 1: complete game defensively, and um, you know, it was really
Speaker 1: exciting to see and something we gotta carry carry into
Speaker 1: the second half of the season. Chris and then Jeff McLean, Hey, Doug,
Speaker 1: you guys went forward twice on fourth down in the
Speaker 1: second quarter. There can you take us through the thought process?
Speaker 1: And even when they was both weren't converted. Well, I
Speaker 1: think the first well this, yeah, the first one opportunity
Speaker 1: just missed on the protection, didn't execute, failed to execute there.
Speaker 1: I think we uh um QB sneak. I think on
Speaker 1: the other one. Is that the other one Brett QB
Speaker 1: sneak we got and then um, you know, I think
Speaker 1: I punted on another one. So you know, again that's
Speaker 1: an area that we'll look at this week, study that
Speaker 1: and uh see how we can improve Jeff and then
Speaker 1: zap Doug Carson on the first interception through in the
Speaker 1: double coverage. This is you know obviously in the red zone.
Speaker 1: Why is it something that keeps on doing. Um, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, we can't we can't turn the ball over.
Speaker 1: And we understand that he knows that, you know. Uh,
Speaker 1: we're we're in a position to uh you know, put
Speaker 1: points on the board and and just um you know,
Speaker 1: can't can't can't do that, you know, And and um,
Speaker 1: we just gotta we just gotta keep keep working, right,
Speaker 1: I gotta keep detailing our work and keep coaching and
Speaker 1: and get it corrected. DAC And unless as a foul
Speaker 1: up to that, what was the conversation with Carson on
Speaker 1: the sideline and was there ever consideration to pulling him
Speaker 1: after the fourth turnover? Um, the conversation was, Um, you know,
Speaker 1: just again explaining that just say we just you know,
Speaker 1: we can't we can't do that. We can we're in
Speaker 1: a position to um, you know, put points on the
Speaker 1: board and continue a drive if if we just throw
Speaker 1: the ball away and as something that we gotta we
Speaker 1: gotta learn from and uh no, there was never any
Speaker 1: that conversation to pull them less. And then Ramadi Hi
Speaker 1: Doug other teams seem to have been able to attack
Speaker 1: this defense without making things as complicated as you guys
Speaker 1: seem to make them sometimes tonight, What did you see?
Speaker 1: Why were there so many trick plays and so many
Speaker 1: uh seemingly uh you know, plays that took a long
Speaker 1: time to develop, a lot of time Carson, you know,
Speaker 1: back in the pocket looking around. What was it all about?
Speaker 1: In your view, it was about trying to win the game.
Speaker 1: That's what it was about. Rob and then dee Zangarow.
Speaker 1: So do you think part of the issues with Carson's
Speaker 1: just putting too much pressure on himself at times where
Speaker 1: he's thinking that I got to do something here, I
Speaker 1: gotta make a play, I gotta create, I gotta be
Speaker 1: a playmaker. Um, I think I think, you know, there's
Speaker 1: times I think he probably feels that way, probably a
Speaker 1: better question for for Carson, but you know, you know,
Speaker 1: we also continue to coach, and hey, you know, you
Speaker 1: got to trust the guys around you and you know, um,
Speaker 1: just just execute the offense and all that. But I
Speaker 1: do feel like at times there might be some opportunities
Speaker 1: where he feels like he's got to take it upon himself.
Speaker 1: And and you know, that's just who he is. That's
Speaker 1: his that's his uh, that's the aggressive nature and his
Speaker 1: demeanor and um, you know, um, I love having the
Speaker 1: ball in his hands. He's he's He's also a great playmaker,
Speaker 1: you know, for us, and I never want to, you know, um,
Speaker 1: you know, pull that ball out of his hand. We
Speaker 1: have time for a few more, so we'll go Dave
Speaker 1: Garrow and Marcus Hayes. Doug. I'm sure fans are gonna
Speaker 1: come away from watching that game happy with the win,
Speaker 1: but also really concerned about some of the things we've
Speaker 1: already talked about tonight. How do you view it generally?
Speaker 1: I mean, can you enjoy it as much as any
Speaker 1: other win? Yeah? I mean a win in this league
Speaker 1: is a win, man. Um, They're hard to come by.
Speaker 1: There's never a pretty win. There's never an ugly win.
Speaker 1: And you know, a win's a win, and um, we
Speaker 1: we gotta we gotta start stacking them together. And uh
Speaker 1: you know, UM, guys are excited in the locker room.
Speaker 1: We know, we know we gotta play better. Um. We're
Speaker 1: also optimistic we can get some players back here in
Speaker 1: the second half of the season that can help us
Speaker 1: and and uh try to get back to full strength.
Speaker 1: But it was good to get the guys back tonight
Speaker 1: that we're out there, um, you know, and go into
Speaker 1: this by get healthy and and uh see what happens.
Speaker 1: Last question here with Marcus. Hey, Doug, how do you
Speaker 1: think Carson played? And do you think he needs a buy?
Speaker 1: I mean a compressed preseason, lots of hits, lots of responsibility,
Speaker 1: lots of injuries. Do you think he could, uh maybe
Speaker 1: use a break. I can use a break, Marcus. And
Speaker 1: according according to you, I kept my job tonight. You
Speaker 1: might have me confused with somebody else there done. So
Speaker 1: you think you think Carson can use a break? I think, Um,
Speaker 1: I think this is a good time for all of us, honestly,
Speaker 1: um as uh um where we are as a health
Speaker 1: as a football team. Um, it's a chance for the
Speaker 1: coaches to kind of go back and study the first
Speaker 1: eight games and and um and and see where we
Speaker 1: can improve in all three areas. It's a chance for
Speaker 1: the players to get get rested and healthy and um,
Speaker 1: you know, got eight games left and um, opportunity right
Speaker 1: in front of us. Still, goals are still right in
Speaker 1: front of us. And uh, you know, as I said,
Speaker 1: we get you know, we get some players back and
Speaker 1: and try to get back to full strength and and
Speaker 1: see what happens. Just take him one at the time.
Speaker 1: But this this is a good time for this team
Speaker 1: to take a by Yes, thanks coach, thank you. All right.
Speaker 1: That's head coach Doug Peterson after his teams win tonight
Speaker 1: heading into the bye week in a three game stretch
Speaker 1: of NFC East opponents the Eagles so far two and
Speaker 1: oh in that three game stretch, and earlier this week
Speaker 1: we heard Rodney McCloud talk about this team making an agreement,
Speaker 1: let's go three and oh in these next three weeks
Speaker 1: put ourselves in a position in this division. And of
Speaker 1: course they are in first place. After a Sunday night
Speaker 1: football game against the Dallas Cowboys, the biggest rivalry in
Speaker 1: the NFL, heading into a bye week with the Giants
Speaker 1: on the other side of that in about two weeks,
Speaker 1: and we are waiting to hear from Eagles quarterback Carson
Speaker 1: Once a couple of more highlights from Doug Peterson's press
Speaker 1: conference as Carson is ready at the podium. Now, Hey Carson,
Speaker 1: thanks for taking the time. We'll get started here with
Speaker 1: John McMullin and Chris Franklin. Hey, Carson, UM, obviously positive
Speaker 1: you going to the bye with a win. H From
Speaker 1: a personal perspective, UH, turned it over too often. I
Speaker 1: think you would agree with that. What what what do
Speaker 1: you think the issues were and how do you think
Speaker 1: he can fix them moving forward? Yeah, I mean first
Speaker 1: part of that. I mean absolutely going into the bye
Speaker 1: week with a win is is huge, huge for us,
Speaker 1: M huge for us going forward with this division as well. Um,
Speaker 1: like you said, though, too many turnovers. I gotta be better. Um,
Speaker 1: there there's mistakes out there. Some of it's maybe not
Speaker 1: on the same page. Some of it I got it.
Speaker 1: You know, the first phone buy, I gotta throw the
Speaker 1: ball away. UM. You know that stuff I can keep
Speaker 1: cleaning up. And you know, obviously it's it's stuff that
Speaker 1: individually I can get better at and um, some of
Speaker 1: these shots down the field. I mean, I'm gonna keep
Speaker 1: giving these guys chances and and you know I can
Speaker 1: be better and put the ball in the in the
Speaker 1: right spot. But I'm not not gonna change my aggressive mentality. Um,
Speaker 1: but we're gonna start connecting on some of those big plays.
Speaker 1: And obviously it hurt us a little bit today, but
Speaker 1: the defense played great and we gotta win. Chris and
Speaker 1: then Daniel Gallen. Hey, Carson, you mentioned beforehand past weeks
Speaker 1: when you've had turnovers and you said you got to
Speaker 1: work better, and this is seems like I have to
Speaker 1: think spot again. I mean, what can you what can
Speaker 1: you do to change this? And and is there anything
Speaker 1: else you can go ahead and rectify this? Yeah? I
Speaker 1: mean I think the interceptions just get on the same
Speaker 1: pages as most receivers, you know. I think, Um, like
Speaker 1: I just said, is I'm gonna I'm gonna give take
Speaker 1: those chances when you know I'm out of the pocket
Speaker 1: or you know, I see a guy down the field
Speaker 1: with the chance, I'm gonna pull the trigger. I've never
Speaker 1: been wired to hesitate, And um, I can put it
Speaker 1: in a better spot. I can give these guys better opportunities. Um,
Speaker 1: but you know, just being smart and you know, I
Speaker 1: mean I have to watch the tape and see see
Speaker 1: some of the other things. But um, I'm I'm gonna
Speaker 1: say aggressive. I'm not gonna change who I am, but
Speaker 1: I can just you know, protect it better. Daniel and
Speaker 1: then Brandon Carson after rod and He's touchdown, it looked
Speaker 1: like you went over to the kickoff huddle and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, slaps TJ Edwards on the back around the helmet.
Speaker 1: What did you say to him? And uh, you know
Speaker 1: what did that play do for you guys tonight? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean that's a huge play you know by TJ
Speaker 1: to I believe it was TJ forced to turnover and
Speaker 1: then Rodney, um getting in the end zone there. Um,
Speaker 1: like I said, I mean, offensively, we struggled. I I
Speaker 1: gotta be better, but the defense bailed us out. Um,
Speaker 1: that was a huge, huge play in the game to
Speaker 1: really kind of not fully seal the deal, but obviously
Speaker 1: put us in a great situation there at the end
Speaker 1: of the game. And um, that was just a huge place.
Speaker 1: I was pretty fired up about it. Brandon and then
Speaker 1: Zach Big Carson up to fifty five fumbles and in
Speaker 1: sixty four games, how much are you aware of that number?
Speaker 1: And then kind of just going through tonight's two fumbles,
Speaker 1: can you take us through those? Yeah, I guess I'm
Speaker 1: aware of it. Now appreciate it. Um, I know I
Speaker 1: know something I can do better at and I know
Speaker 1: some of them. Um, they're all case by case. You know,
Speaker 1: it's it's one of those things where, um, some of
Speaker 1: them I can straight up be better. The first one
Speaker 1: to night, I was about to throw it and it
Speaker 1: was it was a mistake. The other one was fourth
Speaker 1: down trying to get the ball. I'll make a play.
Speaker 1: You know that one happens. We were hot and didn't
Speaker 1: get it out in time. That one's unfortunate. But but
Speaker 1: I can keep learning how to how to be better
Speaker 1: with with the ball, and um, we will be Zach
Speaker 1: And then I've benk Hey, Carson, how would you assess
Speaker 1: the way you played overall tonight? And you're eight games
Speaker 1: into the season. How do you think you've played so
Speaker 1: far this season? Yeah, I mean I'm not good enough.
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm I'm pumped we got to win, but
Speaker 1: I'm I'm gonna have to watch the tape and and
Speaker 1: you know, I'm a little frustrated with just how how
Speaker 1: I played and how we we've you know, left some
Speaker 1: plays out there and um wants some points out there
Speaker 1: and miss some big opportunities. And I can be better.
Speaker 1: I know I will be, And UM, I would say
Speaker 1: the same thing for for this this far into the season.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm pumped out were I'm at the top
Speaker 1: of our division that we're heading into this bye week.
Speaker 1: But halfway through the year, I know I can play
Speaker 1: better and a lot of it's just coming down to
Speaker 1: just taking care of the football. And UM, you know,
Speaker 1: I feel like I'm still the same aggressive guy that's
Speaker 1: gonna pull the trigger and I never want to change that,
Speaker 1: but just you know, put it being smart and put
Speaker 1: it in the right spot. Jeff, all right, Carson, Um,
Speaker 1: you mentioned, of course you want to look at everything
Speaker 1: and correct your mistakes for the bye week. A lot
Speaker 1: of times guys just want to get away. Do you
Speaker 1: need a few days to really kind of clear your
Speaker 1: mind and get away from football, or do you want
Speaker 1: to kind of get back to work as soon as
Speaker 1: possible and maybe take some time to other break to
Speaker 1: try to correct things more. Yeah, I mean, it's definitely
Speaker 1: needed for everybody to take you know, maybe not the
Speaker 1: whole week, but to take some time off. You know,
Speaker 1: you have to. It's a long season and with everything
Speaker 1: going on with just the world these days, m guys
Speaker 1: need to really take take the time off. But um,
Speaker 1: you know, we'll have a couple of work days and
Speaker 1: we'll definitely capitalize on those make the most of them
Speaker 1: get better. Definitely. Carson Dallas Scottish just had one target.
Speaker 1: It was a big catch obviously, the fifteen yarder to
Speaker 1: him down by the goal line. But you know what
Speaker 1: were they doing to keep him pretty much out of
Speaker 1: the game. Yeah, I mean I'll have to go back
Speaker 1: and watch the tape. I think some of it was
Speaker 1: just their zone coverage and just kind of how the
Speaker 1: plays were designed. And um, hard to fully say what
Speaker 1: I know Dallas and who he is, and I mean
Speaker 1: he's gonna have lots of catches the rest of the year,
Speaker 1: and um, you know, I think there was some uncertainty
Speaker 1: if we'd have him for the week, so I don't
Speaker 1: think we fully designed the plan to really highlight him,
Speaker 1: so to speak. So that's definitely something that we'll keep
Speaker 1: building on. Even the Martin Carson, you talked about being
Speaker 1: aggressive and taking those shots. So with the two interceptions tonight,
Speaker 1: were you okay with those decisions and not the execution?
Speaker 1: Is that what you're saying? Um? Definitely the second one,
Speaker 1: you know, John and I just weren't on the same
Speaker 1: page with the angle um of the throw there and
Speaker 1: and I mean both of them, the dB made great
Speaker 1: plays and you know, hats off to him. Um. The
Speaker 1: first one I got to go back and watch. You know,
Speaker 1: I thought Reregor had a step on the guy, so
Speaker 1: I was, you know, out of the pocket, and I
Speaker 1: pulled the trigger quick and trying to give him a chance,
Speaker 1: and the dB beat him to the spot. And UM,
Speaker 1: so I'll have to go back and critique that one,
Speaker 1: look harder at it. But the second one, I mean,
Speaker 1: the coverage definitely dictated that's where to go with the ball,
Speaker 1: and John and I just weren't on the same page.
Speaker 1: You have time for two, Morris, We'll go Martin and
Speaker 1: then less Hey Carson, Um, you had Jalen raderback tonight. Um,
Speaker 1: seemed like you guys had pretty decent connection and everything, Like,
Speaker 1: how encouraged are you going forward with you know him
Speaker 1: and Travis Folgum who continues, you know, to make a
Speaker 1: lot of big catches and as well as high tower.
Speaker 1: I know you guys missed on a few and everything,
Speaker 1: but you know, just like the three of those guys
Speaker 1: going forward. Yeah, I mean, I'm really excited about them
Speaker 1: and how they've I feel like I've been talking about
Speaker 1: them quite a bit this year just because I've been
Speaker 1: impressed with how they've developed ever since camp. You know,
Speaker 1: it's it's it's hard to be a young guy, a
Speaker 1: rookie or like Travis the second year guy, and be
Speaker 1: thrust into playing right away, especially with really no offseasons.
Speaker 1: So um, every week is is great learning for them,
Speaker 1: and they're getting better by the week. And um, those
Speaker 1: guys are making great plays along with our tight ends
Speaker 1: and Gregg and the slot and different guys are stepping up.
Speaker 1: So I'm excited to keep building off what they've done
Speaker 1: so far and keep getting better ahead less Yeah, Carson, Uh,
Speaker 1: you know this defense, the Cowboys defense was giving up
Speaker 1: more than thirty four points a game coming in. Uh,
Speaker 1: it looked like you weren't finding anything you liked out
Speaker 1: there so much. So often when you dropped back, were
Speaker 1: they doing anything different? Was that? You know what What
Speaker 1: did you see and what was make things so hard? Um? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean they pretty much played their defense, and you
Speaker 1: know that I thought they I thought they played a
Speaker 1: pretty decent game. We definitely left some plays out there. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, they like to play some soft zone coverage
Speaker 1: and kind of make the passing game. I don't want
Speaker 1: to say hard, but um, kind of limit your shots
Speaker 1: and opportunities, and UM, you know, I thought we missed
Speaker 1: some of those, and then the times we did have
Speaker 1: a chance to strike, we missed some of them. And
Speaker 1: I gotta be better. But um, I gotta go back
Speaker 1: and watch the tape and see, you know what, did
Speaker 1: they really mix it up or did we just make
Speaker 1: it harder on ourselves and miss some opportunities? Thanks Carson,
Speaker 1: Thank you guys. Hey TJ, thanks for taking the time today.
Speaker 1: We will open it up for questions. We'll get started
Speaker 1: with Jeff McClean a t J. Obviously a lot of
Speaker 1: tackles free there and in the big stack. Can you
Speaker 1: describe what happened on that play? Oh yeah, it was
Speaker 1: you know a pressure that we've we've had in and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, we just executed it really well and um
Speaker 1: able to get the ball out and uh a little
Speaker 1: luck with the bounce, and um, you know Rod picked
Speaker 1: it up and doing what he does and always you know,
Speaker 1: being around the ball and finished it for a touchdown.
Speaker 1: So it was a big play for us. You know,
Speaker 1: we needed a little uh spark there at the end.
Speaker 1: And um, you know, I'm just happy to be you know,
Speaker 1: part of that play. We'll go ed Krafts and then
Speaker 1: less hey y t J. Uh, you just came back
Speaker 1: from the injury. Did you expect to get that many
Speaker 1: snaps tonight? H And how did you feel, you know,
Speaker 1: with the time you had. Yeah, Um, I mean we knew,
Speaker 1: you know, they ran a lot of twelve personnel, so
Speaker 1: I figured being a good amount of basse uh snaps. Um.
Speaker 1: And then towards the end of the game got moved
Speaker 1: to to nicol and just um guy had a you know,
Speaker 1: comfortable feel for the game at that time. So um,
Speaker 1: you know, you always got to be ready for whatever
Speaker 1: the coaches think. And UM, you know, I'm just glad
Speaker 1: that you know, my rehab went went well and everything
Speaker 1: like that, so I was able to perform well tonight
Speaker 1: last and then Daniel hey t J. Rodney McCleod talked
Speaker 1: about one of your linebackers was almost offside there on
Speaker 1: the key play that your your fumble. What happened there? Exactly?
Speaker 1: Who who got back on site was in Duke? Yeah,
Speaker 1: Duke Actually, um, he just took a jab step. He
Speaker 1: really didn't cross. So it was you know, heads up
Speaker 1: played by him, and um, you know we were able
Speaker 1: to you know, finish out that play. Good thing. Um,
Speaker 1: So it was it was a good play for him
Speaker 1: to get back and make sure we're on side. So
Speaker 1: and when the ball was bouncing around, I guess then
Speaker 1: he sort of had it there for a while. What
Speaker 1: did you have a good view of this? What were
Speaker 1: you see see? I uh, um, you know, I honestly
Speaker 1: got up from the from the tackle and was almost
Speaker 1: looking at the sideline for the next call, just because
Speaker 1: I thought the ball was downerating and we picked it up.
Speaker 1: So and then I see it get kicked around and
Speaker 1: Rod picked it up and it was honestly kind of crazy.
Speaker 1: Daniel and then Martin yeah t J. Along those lines.
Speaker 1: Robin said that when he was running the ball in
Speaker 1: he was kind of half expecting to have to, you know,
Speaker 1: bring it all the way back and you know, play
Speaker 1: a couple more snaps. Um, you know I was going
Speaker 1: through your mind when you saw him going you know
Speaker 1: into the end zone and with everything that happened there. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think first first things first, I was looking for
Speaker 1: a flag just in case, uh you know they called that,
Speaker 1: but after looking three place, he saw, you know, dude
Speaker 1: get back. But um, I think we were all just
Speaker 1: you know, happy that we we we could score on
Speaker 1: defense and um kind of put that thing to kind
Speaker 1: of put that thing away at the end. So uh,
Speaker 1: you know it's a great play, just guys getting to
Speaker 1: the ball and finishing the finishing the snap out. So
Speaker 1: go ahead, Martin TJ. How important important was it for
Speaker 1: you guys to collect, you know, get pressure on on
Speaker 1: on the new cham mean obviously being you know, rookie
Speaker 1: third string guy. I mean was that kind of like
Speaker 1: how you guys planned about going about stopping him? Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 1: I mean I think you know, we knew that we
Speaker 1: had to stop that run game, and there was times where, um,
Speaker 1: you know we didn't. So you know, obviously things to
Speaker 1: clean up and you know it wasn't perfect, but um,
Speaker 1: you know we knew he's you know, he's still in
Speaker 1: the NFL. Was a good quarterback, you know, so we
Speaker 1: had to give him some different looks to try to
Speaker 1: make him, you know, switch his switch his view on
Speaker 1: some things. And um, you know, I think we just
Speaker 1: had a really good game plan going into this one,
Speaker 1: so uh and I thought we executed, you know, fairly
Speaker 1: well for the most part. You have time for one more,
Speaker 1: so we'll take ad crass. Hey, Hi, TJ. Would would
Speaker 1: you say this was the best game you've had as
Speaker 1: an Eagle in your career so far and these one
Speaker 1: and a half years. Uh, you know, I'd have to
Speaker 1: watch a tape because it's never it's never as good
Speaker 1: as as it seems, just never as bad as it seems. Um,
Speaker 1: but it definitely it definitely felt pretty good, you know,
Speaker 1: just being able to be out there and be healthy
Speaker 1: and just run around with those guys and having fun.
Speaker 1: I think, you know, as a team, we just had
Speaker 1: a lot of fun today, no matter what was going on.
Speaker 1: So it's always good to be out there and contribute
Speaker 1: to a big time win. So thanks J, Thank you guys. Okay.
Speaker 1: Eagles linebacker t J. Edwards a heck of a return
Speaker 1: for him, twelve total tackles, including the strip sack that
Speaker 1: was a game changer tonight, we are going to take
Speaker 1: a quick break. On the other side, we've got the
Speaker 1: RICO review, the nominees for the Toyota Player of the Week,
Speaker 1: and the Jamison Nightcap. Stay with us. This does not
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Speaker 1: at Bob's discount furniture. He goes. Rookie receiver Jalen Rager,
Speaker 1: returning this season for the first time since Week two
Speaker 1: as he battled back from an injury to get his
Speaker 1: first NFL touchdown, and he is the subject of tonight's
Speaker 1: RICO review from Fran Duffy. Fran has the breakdown for us.
Speaker 1: Let's take a look. Let's take a look now at
Speaker 1: the first career touchdown for rookie wide receiver Jayleen Ragor.
Speaker 1: We're see him here at the bottom screen. He's actually
Speaker 1: going to score at the far pylon. So he's got
Speaker 1: a long ways to go. Let's see exactly what the
Speaker 1: Eagles do. First. You're gonna bring Jalen Ragor in short
Speaker 1: motion basically into the backfield, almost like a wing. So
Speaker 1: we'll let that happen here for a second. And all
Speaker 1: that's going to do is just get the thought in
Speaker 1: the idea that you know what these guys they got
Speaker 1: to worry about stopping the run. You know, you've got
Speaker 1: Boston Scott in the backfield. He's done a nice job
Speaker 1: so far. The Eagle's offensive line, they're blowing people off
Speaker 1: the ball. They got to be prepared for the run.
Speaker 1: And you also have to watch out for number eleven
Speaker 1: on a possible zone read here right so that he
Speaker 1: can keep this and run. They've shown the ability to
Speaker 1: be able to run this football in for touchdowns here.
Speaker 1: So Jalen Rager settles in right here, and all he's
Speaker 1: going to do you're gonna see Treyvon Digs, the rookie
Speaker 1: he kind of sees this coming. All that's going to
Speaker 1: be is basic pick play. You're gonna get Greg Ward
Speaker 1: coming inside and he's just going to pick the most
Speaker 1: dangerous defender, which is going to be Xavier Rhodes He's
Speaker 1: gonna try and come down and defend Jalen Ragor on
Speaker 1: this route, and just watch the job that Greg Ward does.
Speaker 1: Just a nice little rub play. We're gonna let this
Speaker 1: play here and you're gonna see the job Ward does.
Speaker 1: The reason why this is legal it's within one yard
Speaker 1: of the line of scrimmage. Show little pick play works perfectly.
Speaker 1: Jaylen Or fights through contact sticks, the ball out crosses
Speaker 1: the pylon, and the Eagles get a touchdown. Nice job
Speaker 1: there from Jaylee Reagor, his first career touchdown, the only
Speaker 1: touchdown for the Eagles in the first half. Now is
Speaker 1: your chance to vote for the Toyota Player of the Week.
Speaker 1: Go to Philadelphia Eagles dot com slash Toyota Player of
Speaker 1: the Week to cast your vote and get a chance
Speaker 1: at a brand new Toyota. Tonight's nominee shouldn't be no
Speaker 1: surprise to anyone. Eagles linebacker t J. Edwards making his
Speaker 1: presence felt in his return. Wide receiver Travis Fulgum continues
Speaker 1: to produce a touchdown in every single game seventy three
Speaker 1: yards seventy eight yards. Excuse me receiving for Fulgum this evening.
Speaker 1: I'm Brandon Graham with the game changing strip sack as
Speaker 1: well preventing Dallas from scoring, and guys, three great choices here.
Speaker 1: It's really hard for me to make a decision, but
Speaker 1: I think I have to go with Edwards leading the
Speaker 1: team in tackles and of course return from that injury.
Speaker 1: Which one are you gonna take? Yeah, you definitely gotta
Speaker 1: go with somebody on the defensive side of the ball. Amy,
Speaker 1: So yeah, TJ. Edwards first game back, I mean, double
Speaker 1: digit tackles, huge forest farmer that led to the clinching
Speaker 1: touchdown for the Eagles tonight. Yeah, you gotta go with
Speaker 1: t J. Alwards. Man. Big game from t J. Alwards tonight,
Speaker 1: A big game from an Eagles linebacker nominated for Toyota
Speaker 1: Player of the Week. Of course that's gonna be ikes
Speaker 1: pick and I agree. What about you, Fran? Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: if I were going to write one in I would
Speaker 1: write Roddy McCleod. But I think that that big play
Speaker 1: does not happen without t J. Edwards getting home on
Speaker 1: the blitz. I'm gonna go with the second year linebacker,
Speaker 1: t J. Edwards. Good to have him back on the
Speaker 1: field tonight. I love it. I love it. All right,
Speaker 1: let's get to our new segment, new segment, same segment,
Speaker 1: new name. This is the Jamison Nightcap. We're taking a
Speaker 1: look at the eagles next opponent. It's the New York Giants.
Speaker 1: Of course, the Eagles are have a win against this
Speaker 1: NFC East foe already this season. They'll get another chance
Speaker 1: after the buy that game November fifteenth. The Giants are
Speaker 1: one and six. Their next game Tomorrow night month Actually,
Speaker 1: I guess it's technically tonight versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Speaker 1: on Monday Night Football. Like your quick thoughts on the
Speaker 1: Eagles next matchup, They got a little time to get
Speaker 1: healthy before they see these guys again. Yeah, and hopefully
Speaker 1: they do, and hopefully to get their minds healthy, particularly
Speaker 1: at the quarterback position. Playing a divisional opponent for the
Speaker 1: second time and what three and a three week time span,
Speaker 1: I expect this next Giants game to be just as
Speaker 1: difficult as last week's was when they faced them on
Speaker 1: Thursday night. So, but the Eagles are getting healthy, they're
Speaker 1: getting a lot of guys back. But you gotta start
Speaker 1: taking care of football. These games don't have to be
Speaker 1: as difficult as we've made them, and the Eagles can
Speaker 1: just take care of football, they shouldn't be able to
Speaker 1: do well against the Giants in two weeks. Well, look, friend,
Speaker 1: we talked about this before. The Giants a team that
Speaker 1: haven't had a ton of success this season, but a
Speaker 1: new coaching staff. They're in a rebuild, and these guys
Speaker 1: are playing hard for this coach. They're playing hard for
Speaker 1: each other. And of course another division opponent. Never never
Speaker 1: a team that you should sleep on. Yeah, no question.
Speaker 1: As you said, they're gonna play on Monday night against
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Bucks. We'll get their second look at
Speaker 1: what they're able to do. After that Eagles game. They
Speaker 1: play again next week, so we'll get another game to
Speaker 1: be able to get a sense of this Giants football team.
Speaker 1: But yeah, you know, we just saw this team two
Speaker 1: weeks ago, so I think we got a sense of
Speaker 1: what they're going to bring to the table. We'll be
Speaker 1: rewatching that matchup a lot for sure leading up to
Speaker 1: this game. And speaking of rewatching the matchups, you can
Speaker 1: rewatch to Night's win Wednesday at six pm on NBC
Speaker 1: Sports Philadelphia. The Eagles now head into their bye week.
Speaker 1: As jug Peterson said, it's a good time for a
Speaker 1: bye everybody's ready for some time off. We are also
Speaker 1: going to be having a little bit of time off
Speaker 1: here on the postgame show presented by Rico. But we
Speaker 1: will be back as always forty five minutes before kickoff
Speaker 1: of the eagles next game, that is November fifteenth against
Speaker 1: the New York Giants. As we as we said earlier,
Speaker 1: and of course, if you are and of course do
Speaker 1: not forget that election day is just two days away,
Speaker 1: less than two days at this point, remember to vote.
Speaker 1: If you need help with your voting plan, you can
Speaker 1: go to Philadelphia Eagles dot com slash vote to make
Speaker 1: your voice be heard. Everyone to enjoy the bye week.
Speaker 1: We will be back here in November fifteenth for another
Speaker 1: NFC East matchup, and for now, let's enjoy first place
Speaker 1: in this division. Everyone has a good night,